Month: October 2009

Week 43 was taken in my front yard, where the roses grow. The roses were suffering from a bit of frost recently, due to the ridiculously late start…

Week 42 was taken with the assistance of my lovely wife, who offered her hands for my photography: The [full set](http://www.flickr.com/photos/exasperated/sets/72157622611120438/) is on Flickr.

Week 41 was taken on the actual lake of Lake Ginninderra, mainly some passing swans. First, some passing bird (not an ornithologist either): A swan: And the swans…

[Apple](http://www.apple.com) announced some shiny new things today. Given that the Australian dollar is around 92 cents, we'd hope for a good exchange rate. What has Apple actually done?…

Week 40 was taken at Lake Ginninderra in Belconnen. In particular, it was a few passing bees enjoying the early sunny days of spring here. The [full set](http://www.flickr.com/photos/exasperated/sets/72157622611302246/)…

Part of the recent hagiography that has grown up around George Lucas is the idea that he [deliberately crafted *Star Wars* to reflect Joseph Campbells' *Hero with a…

Week 39 was a quick trip to [ANU](http://www.anu.edu.au). View Larger Map First up, a few photos of the recent John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) building: And…

[*Prince of Persia*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Persia_(2008_video_game\)) is the seventh 7th game in the main [*Prince of Persia*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Persia) series, and the 12th game overall. Spoilers in this review, so you'll have to…

The photos for week 38 were taken in central Canberra. View Larger Map I was mainly focusing on public sculpture around the Civic area. A strange bird statue…

*Bad Science* is drawn from the Guardian column of the same name, as well as the many other things that Ben Goldacre covers on his [website](http://www.badscience.net/). The main…